International trade · 01/12/2020

Certain Digital Imaging Devices and Products Containing the Same and Components Thereof Institution of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 25, 2020, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Pictos Technologies, Inc. of San Jose, California. An amended complaint was filed on October 23, 2020, and supplemented on November 13, 2020 and November 16, 2020. The complaint, as amended, alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain digital imaging devices and products containing the same and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,838,651 ("the '651 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 7,800,145 ("the '145 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 7,064,768 ("the '768 patent"); and U.S. Patent No. 7,323,671 ("the '671 patent"); and that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The amended complaint further alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, or in the sale of certain digital imaging devices and products containing the same and components thereof by reas